Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills recalls winning the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics in one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Mills, an Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, was the second American Indian to win an Olympic gold medal and … Continue reading
Alice Coachman describes what it was like to be the first black woman to a win an Olympic Gold Medal. She trained in bare feet, while growing up in rural Georgia. She went on to the win the Olympic gold medal in the high jump for the United States at the … Continue reading
Rick and Dick Hoyt explain how they got their start as a father and son team at their first race and share their memories of the different Boston marathons they have participated in over the years. The first Boston Marathon was held on April 19, 1897 and is held every … Continue reading
Lelisa Debisa, the winner of the 2013 Boston Marathon, describes what was going through his mind during the final stretch of the marathon and shares his thoughts on his successful race performance. Debisa’s interview on April 15th happened more than two hours before the first cooker pressure bomb went off … Continue reading
Author: Jennifer Dranoff Marathon Monday: The energy that comes from the starting Village at Hopkinton is infectious and indescribable. Excitement. Anxiety. Every runner doing their pre-race rituals, whether that is carefully preparing an unusual breakfast that is certain to keep them going, taking a nap, saying a prayer, or going to … Continue reading
Author: Michael Bourgault
It was an otherwise perfect day for running the Boston Marathon–my eighth, a race I first ran in 1987. I ran the first 13 miles with two friends from my home town–Holly and Mike. Both of them were running their first Boston. Despite likely running in scores of the same … Continue reading
I was there. I should write something. I was there at the start when the air was alive with energy and anticipation. I was there when runners who prepared for months nervously counted down to the start of the race. I was there when it was a perfect day for … Continue reading
I took this image at 2:19pm April 15th 2013, 30 minutes before the 1st bomb exploded just behind me at the Marathon Sports store. I was standing much closer to the explosion’s site earlier, but a craving for some ice cream on that beautiful day (that’s how it started out) … Continue reading
Author: Sydney Corcoran Everyone was so happy as we cheered on the complete strangers that were running by while waiting for our loved one to cross over the finish line and come back to us. I was trying to see a familiar face on any of the runners but I couldn’t … Continue reading
